Spent most of his professional life with Big Four firms
Worked in the U.K. for nine years prior to immigrating to Dubai
Specializes in international tax and M&A matters
Dubai
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Vishal Sharma is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLP in Dubai. He brings more than 16 years of experience in international and M&A tax.
Mr. Sharma’s expertise lies in providing inbound and outbound tax advisory services, tax due diligence, tax structuring, financial modeling and transaction document reviews. His additional skills include cross border tax advisory, tax accounting, audit of tax work and management of direct tax compliance obligations.
Mr. Sharma’s notable assignments include providing transactional tax advice across the Middle East and other markets to regional/global sovereign wealth funds, state owned entities, national oil companies, private equity firms, large global multinationals and family offices.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Sharma spent nine years in Deloitte’s Middle East International Tax Services (ITS) group in Dubai, where he most recently served as an M&A Tax Partner.
In addition to his M&A Partner role, Mr. Sharma was the lead tax partner in charge of two large global multinationals in providing regional global compliance and reporting services.
Mr. Sharma earned an LLB from Northampton University in the U.K. He is a Certified Tax Advisor (CTA) and a member of The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT).
With 1 January 2026 fast approaching, companies need to start building awareness of the scheme within their business, identify the staff who will be involved in the preparing the R&D tax claim, and setting up the data collection processes to ensure they capture detail of the R&D activities and the costs associated with them.
We are delighted to present the Fall Edition of our A&M Tax & Customs Newsletter. This edition offers timely insights and key analyses of the most significant tax and customs regulatory developments from the past quarter across the Gulf region.
On 3 September 2025, Ministry of Finance (“MoF”) released Ministerial Decision No. 229 of 2025 relating to the Qualifying Activities and Excluded Activities under the Qualifying Free Zone Person (“QFZP”) regime under the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) Corporate Tax Law (Federal Decree Law No.47 of 2022).
We are delighted to present the Summer Edition of our A&M Tax & Customs Newsletter. This edition offers timely insights and key analyses of the most significant tax and customs regulatory developments from the past quarter across the Gulf region.
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A&M's October 2025 Tax Policy Insights tracks global trends, regulatory shifts, and strategies affecting cross-border operations, compliance, and policy.
